Machine for packing matches



June 19, 1923.

2 Sheets- Sheet 1 Filed Jill 15 June 19,- 1923. 1,459,031 I E; SNYDER MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCHES Filed July 15. 1921 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [Lgg' L2 w l 2W1 Patented J nine 19, 1923.

UNITED STATES PAT NT Fri EUGENE SNYDER, 0E BAR-BERTON, oI Id'AssIeNoE oTHE DIAMOND MA'ioIi ooM-' PANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or r LInoIs- MAC INE FOR PACKING MATCHES.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I,'EUGENEISNYDER, av

citizen of the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State-of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Packing Matches, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to especially to the match compacting and leveling mechanism set outin Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,168,906, dated Such patented mechaf JanuarylS, 1916. nism comprises a reciprocative ironingmember which is. designed tobear upon the protection strip in a manner to smooth the strip and to level and compact the matches within the box tray preparatory to theinsertion of the filled tray into its crowded end matches, and particularly the heads of the matches extending above the tray, are apt to catch in andtear the op-y posing end corner or corners of the shuck. Theobject of my invention is to obviate the objection mentioned, and to that end the ironing member is so vconstructed and arranged that it tends to arch or bunch toward the middle. of the-box the contained matches, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

, In thedrawings v Figure 1 is a plan of apart of a match packing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section, as on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section, enlarged, as on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, enlarged, of the ironing device and adjuncts, showing the device in engagement with the contents of a box tray. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ing device inverted. I

Fig. 6 is a similar view. of the serrated facingof the device.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a, part of the bed or table upon which the ironmachines for packing matches in boxes, having reference;

. thereon while the foot is'reciprocating longip Application filed July 15, 1921. Serial No. 484,964.

intermittently movable tray conve'yer.11 is supported and guided. Thisi conveyer, in the form illustrated, comprises an endless chain of links provided. with holders 12 for the box trays 13. "Each succeeding tray when it is filled with matches is supextends' lengthwise of the tray and rests upon the top of the contained matches.

An ironing foot of novel construction is moved upon and from theprotection strip while the underlyingtray is at rest. This foot is. secured to a'? slotted head 14 which is carried byv theiree end of a reciprocative arm 15. The opposite end of the arm is rotatably fitted to] the crank-shaped or eccentric end of a powerY-drivenshaft 16, which may be the shaft of a suitably-disposed electric motor 17. Thus the arm 15 and the head '14, together with the foot are rapidly reciprocated longitudinally of the protection strip. a Tihe slot or opening of-the head 14 re ceives one" limb of an angular arm 18, the other limb of which is secured to an arm 19 of a T-shaped vertically-reciprocative plunger 20 which is mounted in a standard plied with a protection strip, as S,which I 21 on the bed ortable. The plunger extends below the table and is .pivotally connected by means of a link. 22 to a lever which is timely actuated to raise andlowerjthe,

descent ofthe plungerthe arm permits the head and foot to drop by gravity upon the underlying protection strip and remain tudinally of the strip. I,

- Themechanism above described, with the exception of the ironing foot, isor maybe similar in constructionand operation to the corresponding parts set forth 1,168,906 aforesaid.

The improved ironing foot, in its pre ferred construction, comprises a concavo-' convex backing plate 23 having at one side a depending curved flange 24 the lower or concave edge of which is grooved to proin Patent No.

vide a series of V-shaped teeth or serrations 25. This plate is secured to a concave basal portion 26 of the head 14; by means such as the screws 28. To the concave under face of the plate 23 is secured, as by. means of screws 27, a facing 29 of leather, or other suitable yielding material, the lower or con-- cave face of which is transversely grooved to provide a series of parallel V-shaped teeth or serrations 80 of less size, preferably, than those of the fiange of the backing plate.

The relative positions of the parts just described are such that when the head It is lowered the serrations of the facing 29 bear yieldingly upon the protection strip, while the serrations of the flange 24 of the backing depend below one side of the strip in a manner to engage the ends of the matches adjacent one sice of the box tray. In the horizontal reciprocation of the foot the facing thereof exerts upon and through out the length of the protection strip a yielding ironing action which smooths the strip and compacts the matches within the tray, the concave facing operating to arch the strip and the underlying matches; such matches thus being raised toward the middle of the tray and declining therefrom towards the ends of the tray and below the top of the latter. The serrated concave flange by its direct engagement with the matches contributes to the arching ofthe contents of the tray. Vvhen the filled tray thus acted upon by the ironing device is being introduced to the cover, the leading end. of the tray freely enters the cover, and then the cover, bearing upon the protection strip, depresses the opposing raised matches and tends to force them toward each end of the tray; thus uniformly distributing the matches throughout the tray during the operation of nesting the tray and shuck.

It is to be understood that I do not limit my invention to the specific details disclosed, as the device may be modified within the principle of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a match packing machine having means for feeding filled box trays provided with protection strips, an ironing device having a concave face arranged to bear upon the protection strips of the successive trays, and means for reciprocating said device upon the strips.

2. In a match packing machine having means for feeding filled box trays provided the successive trays, and means for reciprocating said'device upon the strips.

8. In a match packing machine having means for feeding filled box trays provided with protection strips, an ironing device having a transversely-serrated concave facing of yielding material arranged to bear upon the protection strips of the successive trays, and means for reciprocating said device upon the strips.

l. In a match packing machine having means for feeding filled box trays provided with protection strips, an ironing device having a depending serrated concave flange arranged to bear upon the matches and having also a concave face arranged to bear upon the protection strips of the successive trays, and means for reciprocating said device longitudinally of the strips.

5. In a match packing machine having means for feeding filled box trays provided with protection strips, an ironing device having a depending serrated concave flange arranged to bear upon the matches and having also a transversely-serrated concave face arranged to bear upon the protection strips of the successive trays, and means for reciprocating said device longitudinally of the strips.

6, In a match packing machine having means for feeding filled box trays provided Withprotection strips, an ironing device comprislng a backing member having at one side thereof a depending serrated concave flange, and a facing of yielding material secured to said backing, said facing having a transversely-serrated concave surface, means for moving said device to position said facing upon and from the protection strips and to engage and disengage the said flange with and from the matches of the successive, trays, and means for reciprocating said device longitudinally of the protection strips. v

Signed at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this 8th day of July A. D. 1921.

EUGENE SNYDER. 

